Green light for record-breaking Knightsbridge mansion remodelling
2-8 Rutland Gate is set to become the >60,000 sq ft family home of a Chinese billionaire, following an epic nine-figure refurbishment by Squire & Partners and CC Land.
Jenrick outlines a ‘vision of planning policy that puts communities in the driving seat’
The new national model design code involves encouraging housebuilders to use traditional architectural styles, and planting trees on all newly-created streets.
In Pictures: Shropshire Country House Clause design is ‘a mixture of poetry and science’
Johnson Design Partnership has won a rare Para 79 approval for a striking contemporary country house in Shropshire’s green belt.
New Regulator to enforce significant Building Safety reforms
The Building Safety Bill is being published today, setting out “a clear pathway for the future on how residential buildings should be constructed and maintained.”
New planning apps aim to make home extensions easier
The RIPA (Reducing Invalid Planning Application) and BoPS (Back office Planning System) web apps represent “a step towards a fully digital planning system,” says Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick.
More of England’s countryside to be protected under new plans
The government is looking into creating new AONBs for the first time in over a quarter of a century.
Jenrick pours cold water on £500m Albert Embankment fire station development
The Housing Secretary has refused planning permission for U+I’s proposed reworking of the former London Fire Brigade HQ on the south bank of the River Thames.
Liverpool facing loss of World Heritage status
Unesco has recommended the city’s waterfront is removed from its list of world heritage sites, nine years after being deemed ‘at risk’.
Green guidance in force for developers in RBKC
Those looking to build in some of London’s most expensive postcodes will need to show how their plans protect local environments.
Buckinghamshire by-election result puts pressure on planning reform
Proposed planning reforms are “electorally toxic”, argue Tory rebels.
Historic building heavyweights call for planning reform to enable sustainability
“Sustainability and heritage protection should go hand in hand” says the National Trust in a new report led by Grosvenor.
Required Reading: Changes to the planning regime for high rise residential buildings due this summer
Developers may have to submit a fire statement alongside a planning application for relevant multi-occupied residential buildings from 1 August 2021, write Fiona Bishop & Rebecca Delaney of Macfarlanes.